Disney's live-action adaptation machine is still chugging along despite low box-office numbers for their latest, Mulan. Peter Pan & Wendy, the upcoming live-action production of--you guessed it--Disney's Peter Pan and has found its Tinkerbell in Grown-Ish star Yara Shahidi, Deadline reports. Shahidi will be the first woman of color to star in the role in a blockbuster film, following in the footsteps of Julia Roberts who played the part in 1991's Hook and Ludivine Sagnier in 2003's Peter Pan. This is Disney's second effort to diversify the casting of characters that have formerly been portrayed as white in their animated features, following the casting of Halle Bailey as Ariel for the upcoming live-action Little Mermaid. Continue Reading at GameSpot
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